"One Dirty Picture hasn't changed anything much. It's just that you're lucky sometimes to get a Dirty Picture or for my sake, get a Raaz, Jism or Corporate.

"As one off, you will get a film, which will be talked about in the context that, 'Oh! Women are getting into trend now! It's going to be such a great time for female actresses'. The thing it is never.

"We all are going through it, including my contemporaries. As much as we say that the film industry is changing, it is a very hero-centric business and it will always remain that."

However, the former model, who first came to public attention in films such as Jism and Ajnabee, went on to say there has been some improvement in the status of women since she began her career in films ten years ago.

"There are now some intelligent filmmakers, who are making films which are thankfully not about being feminist but about making an entertaining film with the heroine having to do something," she said.

"And as an actress, you have to really hunt for these films! These are not very easy to find and they are not on higher budgets. It's rare that a Raaz 3 comes your way and that's when you jump at the opportunity."

The 33-year-old actress makes her Hollywood debut in Singularity with Josh Hartnett, in which she plays a Maratha warrior, and has a cameo in the sequel to the 2008 film Race.

Basu, having recently starred in the horror thriller Raaz 3, has previously said she wants to be the Queen of the horror genre.